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Originally Posted by dino7c
People were pretty high on the Flames going into last season, many were picking them to be contenders.... certainly higher ranked than the Islanders.
Truth be told if Huberdeau was a 100 point player they would be a high end team
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Last year if they got one more goal here or one more save there they would have been a 100-110pt team. They downgraded coaches this summer and it didn’t help their star player find his game again. While I agree Sutter had to go to give opportunity for the kids he definitely had the Flames on the verge of contending again if Markstrom and Huberdeau would have just been better last year.
Ultimately the org put too much faith into the supporting cast which has proven to be a mistake and the my should have shifted to a rebuild/retool when Chucky forced his way out and Johnny bailed.